- Launched
- 2023
- Gross tonnage
- ~1,800 GT
- Passengers
- 80 guests
- Crew
- 40
- Length
- 80 m
- Home port
- Ho Chi Minh City
Viking Saigon was purpose-built for the Mekong, carrying 80 guests between Ho Chi Minh City and Siem Reap on shallow-draught itineraries.
The interior design draws on French-Indochinese motifs, and the shaded sun deck with a small pool is the ship's main social space.
Shore calls are village-scale — silk workshops, floating markets, monasteries and rural schools — reached by sampan tender where the ship cannot berth.
Itineraries connect with land programmes at Angkor Wat and in Hanoi and Ha Long Bay, sold as a single package with internal flights.
The Viking inclusions carry over unchanged, including one guided excursion per call and beer and wine with lunch and dinner.
Highlights
Sampan tendering
Village and floating-market calls reached by tender where there is no berth.
Angkor extensions
Sold with land programmes at Angkor Wat, Hanoi and Ha Long Bay.
80 guests
The smallest capacity in the Viking river fleet.
Accommodation
Cabin types and classes
Standard stateroom
Lower-deck cabin of around 14 sq m with a half-height fixed window, hotel-style beds and a shower room.
French Balcony stateroom
Around 15 sq m with a floor-to-ceiling sliding glass door and a railed threshold — no step-out floor area.
Veranda stateroom
Around 19 sq m combining a full step-out balcony with a French balcony in the same room.
Veranda Suite
Around 26 sq m with a separate sitting area, both balcony types and priority restaurant reservations.
Explorer Suite
Around 41 sq m across two rooms at the bow, with a wraparound veranda and one and a half bathrooms. Two per Longship.
Accessible stateroom
Available on selected hulls with wider doorways and a level-access shower; lift access does not reach every deck on all ships.
Food and drink
Dining options
Included in your fare
The Restaurant
Single main dining room with open seating, no assigned tables and a regional menu alongside always-available classics.
Aquavit Terrace
Glazed forward lounge serving a lighter breakfast and lunch buffet and a smaller à la carte dinner menu, with a retractable front.
Early riser and afternoon service
Continental breakfast from 06:00 and afternoon tea with cakes and savouries in the lounge.
Room service
Available 24 hours at no charge, with a full breakfast menu delivered to the stateroom.
Speciality restaurants (charged)
Chef's welcome and farewell dinners
Regional multi-course menus on the first and last nights, included in the fare.
Local speciality lunches ashore
Included on selected itineraries — a Wachau apricot lunch or a Douro quinta table, arranged as part of the excursion.
There are no cover-charge restaurants anywhere in the river fleet — every venue is included in the fare.
Venue line-up reflects the Viking River Cruises standard; the exact restaurants aboard Viking Saigon vary with the ship's class and most recent refit.
On board
Entertainment
Resident musician
A pianist or duo playing in the lounge before and after dinner; there is no show band or production theatre.
Destination lectures
A resident programme director gives daily port talks and cultural briefings.
Local performers
Regional musicians, folk ensembles or glassblowers brought aboard for one evening per itinerary.
Sun deck and quiet spaces
A walking track, herb garden, shaded seating and a small library — the ship is deliberately calm in the evening.
Bars
Drinks packages
Included with meals
House wine, beer and soft drinks are poured at lunch and dinner at no charge.
Silver Spirits package
All-day package covering spirits, cocktails, premium wines by the glass and speciality coffees, charged per person per day.
À la carte bar service
Cocktails, spirits and premium wines available outside meal times, charged by the drink.
Speciality coffee and tea
Included around the clock at the Aquavit Terrace coffee station.
Ashore
Excursions
One guided excursion is included in every port. Optional premium excursions are sold separately and can be pre-booked online before departure, which is advisable on Rhine and Danube sailings where capacity is limited.
Included walking tour
A guided city or village tour with an audio headset system in every port.
Optional premium excursions
Concerts, castle dinners, cookery classes and further-afield coach tours, charged separately.
Working World tours
Behind-the-scenes visits to farms, workshops and manufacturers, included on selected itineraries.
Privileged Access
Private after-hours or before-opening entry at selected sites, sold as a premium excursion.
Value
What the fare includes — and what it doesn't
Included
- One guided shore excursion in every port
- All onboard meals in both venues
- Beer, wine and soft drinks with lunch and dinner
- Speciality coffee and tea around the clock
- Wi-Fi throughout the ship
- Port charges and 24-hour room service
Not included
- Airfare and transfers unless booked as a Viking Air package
- Optional premium excursions
- The Silver Spirits all-day beverage package
- Gratuities for crew and local guides
- Laundry outside Explorer Suite grades
Connectivity
Wi-Fi at sea
Technology
Shore-based 4G and 5G cellular aggregation
Included in the fare?
Included in the fare for all guests on all sailings, with no tiered packages sold on board.
Standard Wi-Fi
Browsing, email, messaging and social media for multiple devices per stateroom, included.
Streaming
Generally workable in urban moorings but unreliable in gorges and rural stretches where cellular coverage drops.
River ships use land-based mobile networks rather than satellite, so signal follows the terrain — expect drops in the Rhine Gorge, the Wachau and the Iron Gates.
Same class
Sister ships
Cruise line
Explore the brand
Viking River Cruises
The scale player in river cruising — adults-only, culture-led and standardised across more than 80 near-identical Longships.
Viking Holdings Ltd (parent group)
Viking Holdings is the parent of Viking — the destination-focused adults-only operator running the world's largest river fleet alongside its ocean and expedition ships.